Vedica-SheThePeople
Women Writers’ Fest 2017
DAY 1: Friday, 24th Feb
Inauguration: 1.45pm-2.00pm: Shaili Chopra and Anuradha Das Mathur
Session 1: 2.00pm-3.00pm
Where are the missing women?
Panelists:
Poonam Barua, Author, Leadership by Proxy: The Story of Women in Corporate India
Milee Ashwarya, Editor in Chief (Commercial & Business), Penguin Random House India
Shaili Chopra, Founder of SheThePeople.TV
Sonia Golani, Author, Corporate Divas
Moderated by
Anuradha Das Mathur, Founding Dean, Vedica Scholars Programme for Women
Session 2: 3.00pm-4.00pm
Women along the faultlines
Panelists:
Bahar Dutt, Author, Green Wars- Dispatches from a Vanishing World
Anubha Bhonsle, Author, Mother, Where’s My Country & Executive Editor, CNN-IBN
Ruhani Kaur, Freelance Photojournalist
Suhasini Haidar, Strategic & Diplomatic Affairs Editor, The Hindu
moderated by
Snigdha Poonam, National Affairs Writer, Hindustan Times
Session 3: 4.15pm-5.15pm
Change begins at home
Panelists:
Veena Venugopal, Editor, Blink & Author, Would You Like Some Bread With that Book?
Natasha Badhwar, Columnist, Mint Lounge
Gitanjali Surendran, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School
Aparna Piramal Raje, Author, Working Out of the Box: 40 stories of leading CEOs
moderated by
Bee Rowlatt, Author, In Search of Mary
Session 4: 5.15pm-6.15pm
The F-Word: Is the workplace ready?
Panelists:
Urvashi Butalia, Publisher, Zubaan
Radhika Vaz, Stand-up comedian, Author, Unladylike
Aparna Jain, Author, Own It
Ritu Kapur, Co-Founder, The Quint
Anuranjita Kumar, Chief Human Resources Officer, Citi South Asia and Author, Can I Have It All
moderated by Shreyasi Singh, Author, The Wealth Wallahs and Director, Careers at Vedica Scholars Programme for Women
Performances by
6.15pm-7.00pm: ‘Theatre for Change’ Workshop by Gaurav Saini
7.00pm-7.30pm: Stand-Up Comedy by Radhika Vaz
DAY 2: Saturday, 25th Feb
Session 5: 10.00am-11.00am
A Manel of Feminists: Why they must join the fight
Prithvi Shergill, Chief Human Resource Officer, HCL Technologies
Raheel Khursheed, Head, News Partnerships Twitter India & SE Asia
Sattvik Mishra, CEO, ScoopWhoop Media
moderated by Tanmoy Goswami, Business Journalist
Session 6:11.15am-12.15pm
Woman and the City
Panelists: Shweta Punj, Senior Editor, India Today and Author Why I Failed
Christina Fernandez (RJ Chris), Radio Jockey, 94.3
Shubhra Gupta, Film critic, The Indian Express
Meenu Vadera, Founder, Sakha Consulting Wings
Mala Bhargava, Editorial Consultant, The Hindu Business Line
moderated by Nishita Jha, Writer, Trial By Error
Session 7:12.30pm-1.30pm
Too cute for money?: Whip your personal finances into shape
Panelists:
Monika Halan, Consulting Editor Money, Mint
Sonu Bhasin, Founder & Managing Partner, FAB (Families And Business)
moderated by Shreyasi Singh
Session 8:2.00pm-3.00pm
The politics of sexual harassment: Fighting stigmas, stereotypes and status quo
Panelists:
Nirupama Subramanian, Author, Keep the Change
Nikita Saxena, Web Editor, The Caravan
Malavika Rajkotia, Lawyer & Author, Intimacy Undone
Aparna Jain, Author, Own It
moderated by Amrita Tripathi, Author, The Sibius Knot and Broken News
Session 9: 3.00pm-4.00pm
Motherhood: The ultimate battleground
Panelists:
Bee Rowlatt, Author, In Search of Mary
Sonya Dutta Choudhury, Author, Career Rules: How to Choose Right & Get the Life You Want
Yashodhara Lal, Author of Just Married, Please Excuse, Sorting Out Sid and There's Something About You
Natasha Badhwar, Columnist, Mint Lounge
moderated by Nirupama Subramaniam, Author, Keep the Change and Intermission
Session 10: 4.15pm-5.15pm
Ask Your Publisher: Open House with India’s top commissioning editors
Panelists:
Renuka Chatterji, Vice President, (Publishing), Speaking Tiger
Sudha Sadanand, Managing Editor, Tata Westland
Sivapriya R, Executive Editor, Juggernaut
Poulomi Chatterjee, Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Hachette India
Performances by
5.30pm-6.30pm: Vidya Shah, Musician and Artist
6.30pm-7.30pm: Delhi Drum Circle
Festival Bookstore: Full Circle